Assignment #3: Production and Operations Management Marathon Oil – Case Study November 10.2010 BUS 508: The Business Enterprise Explain one possible option that Marathon could take to reduce the time involved in the production process. Oil refineries are huge sized plants‚ processing an average of a hundred thousand to several hundred thousand barrels of crude oil a day. Using process optimization‚ Marathon could reduce the time involved in the production process. The goal is to maximize
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Order Qualifier: Incase of telephone company the main objective is to ensure proper communication. In this sector some of the order qualifiers are Grameenphone‚ Robi‚ Citycell‚ Banglalink‚ Teletalk‚ Warid. Order Winner: An Order winner criterion depends on the cost of the product‚ product quality and reliability‚ or any of the other dimensions developed earlier. In our country Citycell (Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited) is the first mobile communications company (since 1989) of Bangladesh. For this
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Introduction KISDA‚ a multi-national oil palm plantation company registered in Malaysia with mission that is “KISDA exists to make the maximum possible profit for its shareholders whilst causing the least damage to the environment. KISDA will‚ atll times‚ be a good corporate citizen.”. KISDA was granted a license to plant oil palm and manufacture palm oil by the National Government of Makasa‚ a small African country. KISDA operate in very remote and has no towns or cities nearby except a small villages
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Company Case Notes Cisco Systems: Solving Business Problems Through Collaboration Synopsis Cisco sells stuff to end-user consumers like you and me. It makes Linksys wireless routers that are in many homes. It also makes the trendy Flip video cameras. However‚ most of what Cisco sells is never seen by regular folks. Cisco is a tried and true business-to-business company. This case brings out the type of product that Cisco sells to businesses. But more importantly‚ it highlights the fact that Cisco
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3210AFE Advanced Corporate Finance Cost and Feasibility study for New Earth Mining‚ Inc. Student Name: Zekui Wang Student Number: S293105 Executive summary: Recently there has been wide speculation and interest placed on the iron ore project in the Kalahari in South Africa‚ and it is deemed as being a very attractive investment for New Earth Mining‚ Inc. (NEM). First of all‚ under normal condition‚ this project could contribute around $73 million to the shareholder. The return
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The Standard Oil Company of California(Socal) is trying to determine how much to bid on the Gulf Oil Corporation. George Keller‚ the CEO of Socal‚ would need to borrow 14 billion dollars in order to make a substantial bid. While banks are willing to lend the money because of Socal’s low to debt ratio‚ the loan would put the company in a highly leveraged position. In order to alleviate that debt‚ some of Gulf’s assets could be sold. Keller has to consider the value of Gulf’s exploration and development
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BUS A311 Case # 1 9/19/2012 Raintree Cosmetic Company Case Analytical Model Steps 1. Facts: * Raintree must maintain a current ratio of at least .9 in order to maintain the terms of the debt agreement in place with the bank. If Raintree fails to do so‚ the cost of borrowing from the bank will likely increase. * Raintree company controller‚ Jackson Phillips‚ estimates that the 2013 year-end assets and liabilities will be $2‚100‚000 and $2‚400‚000 respectively. This scenario
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Running Head: Starbucks Corporation Starbucks Corporation: Company Study April 15‚ 2014 Siena Heights University Case Statement: Starbucks is a globally expanding cooperation with many future opportunities and they will continue to strive to be the world’s greatest coffee company. Mission Statement: Starbucks Corporation’s current mission statement inspires the goodness of the communities and people they reach out to on a daily basis. Their mission statement
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1.0 Introduction The Ford Motor Company finds itself in a dynamic business environment where new technologies and practices offer the potential to alter in a significant way the landscape in which it operates. Henry Ford was in his time an innovator in offering "cars for the masses". He introduced to the car industry methods and systems innovative in their day. Ford needs once again to forge new paths to ensure future competitive advantage. Executives at Ford have been considering the "Direct Model"
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Kristen’s Cookie Company Here is the Process Flow Diagram: The whole process throughput time of making a dozen of cookies is 26 minutes. It takes washing‚ mixing and spooning 8 minutes to make a dozen of cookies. And preparation and bake time totally are 10 minutes. The final step of cooling‚ packing and accepting payment of cookies takes roommate 8 minutes to finish the cycle. Assume the night capacity is 4 hours‚ so Kristen and roommate have 240 minutes operating time. Since the oven only
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